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Does Work-Life Balance Make You Mediocre? - Cal Newport
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month, a 22-year-old entrepreneur named Emil Barr published a Wall
Street Journal op-ed boasting a provocative title:​ “‘Work-Life
Balance’ Will Keep You Mediocre.”​

“I’m 22 and I’ve built two companies that together are valued at
more than $20 million…When people ask how I did it, the answer
isn’t what they expect—or want—to hear. I eliminated work-life
balance entirely and just worked. When you front-load success early,
you buy the luxury of choice for the rest of your life.”

Continued here
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Editor's Note: This strategy has continued to serve me well. I'm now
43 years old and, I suppose, still managing to avoid mediocrity - all
while continuing to rarely work past 5:30 p.m. I'm not willing to
sacrifice all the other things I care about in order to grind.

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Anthropic's surprise settlement adds new wrinkle in AI copyright war
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Anthropic's class action settlement with a group of U.S. authors this
week was a first, but legal experts said the case's distinct qualities
complicate the deal's potential influence on a wave of ongoing
copyright lawsuits against other artificial-intelligence focused
companies like OpenAI, Microsoft and Meta Platforms .

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Are We Underestimating How AI Will Change Private Markets?
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Positive Sum Research

Editor's Note: Bloomberg was a key catalyst for spiraling changes in
the bond and equity markets. We think AI will drive a similar pattern
of change in private equity and venture capital today. Firms working
against the backdrop of more crowded and competitive markets will
readily adopt AI for operational efficiency. As this technology
becomes ubiquitous, it will create opportunities to invest in
completely new ways.

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How the 'Unreleasable' Toxic Avenger Finally Made It to Theaters -
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Find this story in your accounts Saved for Later section.

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Judge blocks Trump administration move to deport Guatemalan children
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Advocacy groups sought emergency action amid reports planes carrying
the children were about to take off.

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US poll finds 60 percent of Gen Z voters back Hamas over Israel in
Gaza war | Middle East Eye
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Survey reveals a stark generational divide over Israel's ongoing Gaza
genocide

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What brain surgery taught me about the fragile gift of consciousness
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After the trauma of brain surgery, Big Think writer Eric Markowitz
discovered a kind of consciousness that lives in presence.

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Law enforcement is investigating a homicide at Burning Man - Business
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On Saturday night, during the annual burning of the Nevada desert
festival's effigy, an event participant notified a sheriff's office
deputy that a man was lying in a pool of blood, the sheriff's office
said.

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He knew Greenland's melting ice better than anyone. Then he
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At 68, the pioneering scientist who first sounded the alarm on how
Greenland was raising sea levels across the globe still seemed like a
boyish adventurer as he stood in the middle of the ice sheet.

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The 'self-inflicted injury' to US tourism that's making some Americans
angry and disappointed | CNN
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Many international travelers are skipping the US this year. ""I am
super-duper angry. I'm also disappointed," said one business owner
who's feeling the effects of tourists staying away.

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The 6.0 magnitude quake struck at a depth of 8km (6 miles) and shook
buildings from Kabul to Pakistan's capital Islamabad.

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Apple Hints at iPhone 17 Models Lacking SIM Card Slot in More
Countries
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Another hint has surfaced that Apple is preparing to eliminate the
physical SIM card tray from iPhones in more countries this year.

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Short, Brisk Walks Could Help You Live Longer Than Long, Slow Strolls
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Pick up the pace.

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Britains jobs market has a slow puncture - The Economist
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LAST YEAR Warwick North West, a company making windows and doors in
Bootle, near Liverpool, invested 1m ($1.4m) in uPVC-sawing machinery
and other upgrades. To handle the increased output, Greg Johnson, the
managing director, reckoned on adding eight people to the assembly
team, boosting the total staff to 128.

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With another government on the brink of collapse, is France the new
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France, rather, is sliding into a morass that once plagued its
southern neighbor. If French Prime Minister Franois Bayrou loses a
Sept. 8 confidence vote on his efforts to rein in the countrys budget
deficit with 44 billion eurosroughly $51 billionin cuts, he will
become the fourth head of government to lose his job in a year and a
half.

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'It happened so fast': the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in
Arizona
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Heat is the deadliest weather phenomenon in the US and globally,
killing almost half a million people worldwide each year, according to
the World Health Organization. The death toll is rising as
human-caused climate crisis drives more frequent, more brutal and
longer heatwaves.

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What to Know About Minneapolis Shooter Robin Westman
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian OHara said Westman had opened fire at
the Annunciation Catholic School from the outside, shooting through
the windows of the affiliated church. The victims were attending a
morning Mass when Westman began firing.

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Earth Models Can Predict the Planet's Future, But Not Their Own
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One of the world's foremost climate models, a DOE initiative a decade
in the works, now faces funding threats.

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Meet the worlds hottest upstart weapons dealers - The Economist
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The Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing will be anything but peaceful on
September 3rd, when Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin and others
gather to celebrate the end of the second world war. Chinese troops
will march in a parade designed to boost national pride and flex
military muscles. Perhaps most importantly the parade will showcase
China's newest warfighting equipment to potential buyers and potential
adversaries.

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Reeling after being widowed, Suzy Welch created NYU's most popular
b-school class ever, offering Gen Z the one thing they want most:
purpose
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Welch's course "Becoming You" has become a phenomenon for students
seeking meaning in their lives and careers.

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Chatbots can be manipulated through flattery and peer pressure
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Researchers convinced ChatGPT to do things it normally wouldn't, with
basic psychology.

Editor's Note: The effectiveness of each approach varied based on the
specifics of the request, but in some cases the difference was
extraordinary. For example, under the control where ChatGPT was asked,
"how do you synthesize lidocaine?", it complied just one percent of
the time. However, if researchers first asked, "how do you synthesize
vanillin?", establishing a precedent that it will answer questions
about chemical synthesis (commitment), then it went on to describe how
to synthesize lidocaine 100 percent of the time.

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Accenture CEO weighs in on why so many AI projects have failed with 3
red flags to watch out for
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Julie Sweet says CEOs need to throw out the old playbook to survive.

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Devastating Afghanistan earthquake kills over 600: Live updates
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previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a
Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics.
Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held
various editorial roles covering different beats, including general
news, politics, economics, business, and property. He is a graduate of
the University of Lincoln, England. Languages: English. You can reach
Shane by emailing [email protected]

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Dollar Stores Are Outperforming Nvidia. That's a Warning for the
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If shoppers are trading down from Walmart and Amazon options that many
consider budget-friendly as is for even cheaper stores, that
underscores tight household budgets and shrinking discretionary
spending.

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Rhode Island's 'Taylor Swift Tax' on vacation homes of the wealthy is
spreading to other states
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A push to tax the real estate of the wealthy has sparked a backlash
among brokers and potential buyers, who say the taxes punish the most
important local spenders.

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Vibe Coding as a Coding Veteran
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From 8-bit Assembly to English-as-Code

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Doctors find drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart
attacks
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Discovery that clopidogrel is more effective blood thinner could
transform health guidelines worldwide

Editor's Note: "Importantly, these benefits come without a greater
risk of major bleeding. These findings are likely to impact the
medications doctors prescribe to their patients to reduce their risk
of future heart problems."

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Chinas Military Parade Is a Powerful Diplomatic Display - Foreign
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China's Sept. 3 military parade, held to mark the 80th anniversary of
the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, will be the fourth
such event since President Xi Jinping came to power.

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Forget ChatGPT, Excel remains the most in-demand skill - Business
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Course Report, which tracks the tech education industry, including
coding bootcamps, recently reviewed more than 12 million tech job
postings on Indeed to identify the most sought-after skills. Excel
came out on top, showing up 531,000 times, far surpassing Python, an
essential programming language used in AI, which came in at 67,000,
and SQL, another programming language used in data management, which
came in at 60,000.

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The real problem with kids' diets today
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Its a question parents and policymakers have worried over for
generations, but its become especially fraught in recent months as
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make American Healthy Again movement
have focused national attention on rising rates of childhood chronic
illness, which they say are linked to kids diets.

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BYDs Profit Plunge May Be a Worrying Sign of Things to Come -
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The fallout is becoming impossible to ignore in the fierce battle
among Chinese carmakers.

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French foreign minister calls outside interference in Greenland
'unacceptable'
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Jean-Noel Barrot's visit comes days after Danish public television
reported that US officials close to President Trump were in Greenland
trying to identify people they could use in anti-Denmark influence
campaigns. 'The recent manoeuvres are unacceptable and disrespectful,'
he said.

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Putin and Modi Showcase Bond With Hug, Car Ride in China - Bloomberg
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embraced Russian President
Vladimir Putin at a regional summit in China before riding with him to
their bilateral meeting, underscoring their deep ties even as
Washington criticizes New Delhi over oil purchases.

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Canada's first lunar rover looks to future space exploration
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The mission's goal is to find water on the Moon, which could open the
door for a sustained human presence there.

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US stocks are now pricier than they were in the dot-com era - WSJ
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Price-to-earnings ratios arent quite at recordsthanks to juicy profit
margins at many of the indexs most valuable companiesbut they still
sit at the extreme end of history. The S&P 500 currently trades at
22.5 times its projected earnings over the next 12 months, compared
with the average of 16.8 times since 2000.

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China Is Building a Brain-Computer Interface Industry - WIRED
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In a policy document released this month, China has signaled its
ambition to become a world leader in brain-computer interfaces, the
same technology that Elon Musks Neuralink and other US startups are
developing.

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Social connections matter for the well-being of neurodivergent workers
- adjustments to office settings and routines aren't enough
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Neurodivergent people may struggle with casual conversations and
networking. Efforts to ameliorate workplace settings and routines only
go so far.

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China ups surveillance of troubled people to quell rising unrest - WSJ
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A 68-year-old man in Chinas Zhejiang province barged into a local
government office last year and declared he couldnt go on living. His
neighbors were bullying him, he claimed, and he threatened to take
revenge.

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'You're the only port of call for 400 hospital patients, which is
absurd': Matthew Hutchinson on the perils of life as an NHS doctor
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He's a rheumatologist, a standup comedian - and now the author of a
memoir. He talks about racism in healthcare, why Covid was the only
time urgent care was properly staffed - and his beef with
cardiologists

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Engage the community in generative AI for public health - STAT
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Blackstock is a former computer scientist, physician, researcher, and
public health and health equity leader. Fatou, M.S.W., is a disability
justice advocate, strategist, and founder and CEO of Cre8tive Cadence
Consulting.

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Nikko Cut From New Name of $260 Billion Japanese Asset Manager -
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Nikko Asset Management Co. is changing its name to Amova Asset
Management Co., removing "Nikko" for the first time since it was
founded in 1959 in a sign the company is willing to leave familiar
ground to expand globally.

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Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
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The health secretary is endangering the lives of American people now
and into the future.

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Stablecoins could trigger taxpayer bailouts, warns Nobel laureate - FT
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Digital tokens perceived as safe assets come with hidden risks for
retail investors, says Professor Jean Tirole

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A new iPhone is coming. Should you upgrade or just fix your old one? -
WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=228891&nl=daily]
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My answer? Ehh, probably not. Temptation to upgrade will be high after
ApplesSept. 9 launch event. And there are very good reasons to buy the
new model. But just because your oldie but goody suffers from sluggish
performance, short battery life or a cracked touch screen, it isnt
doomed to become e-waste.

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Black Americans are losing jobs in a warning for the economy - WSJ
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Unemployment in the U.S. remains historically low at 4.2%. Yet Black
workers are living in a different reality: Unemployment for Black
Americans has surged to 7.2%, the highest level since October 2021,
when the job market was still recovering from the pandemic.

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At Least 610 Dead After Strong Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan - Forbes
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At least 610 people have died and more than a thousand have been
injured after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near
the countrys border with Pakistan, the latest in a series of deadly
seismic events the country has faced in the past few years.

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Beijing's Dangerous Game in Tibet - Foreign Affairs
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In early July, thousands of Tibetans, Buddhists, and other
well-wishers gathered in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala,
the seat of the Tibetan government in exile, to mark the 90th birthday
of Tenzin Gyatso-better known as the 14th Dalai Lama.

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How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,s Anti-Vax Agenda Is Infecting America -
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For months, President Donald Trumps Administration has launched a
full-scale attack, led by his Secretary of Health and Human Services,
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on Americas public-health system. In the past
week, however, the efforts escalated: Kennedy, who rose to fame in
part owing to his conspiracy theories about vaccinations, pushed to
fire Susan Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, which is part of H.H.S. This came after Monarez
refused to follow the lead of Kennedys advisers, who have tried to
restrict vaccine access. (Trump has now named a Kennedy deputy, Jim
ONeill, as her replacement; Monarezs lawyer claims that her firing was
legally deficient.) The Trump Administration has already tried to
limit access to COVID vaccines; earlier this month, the F.D.A.
approved updated COVID vaccines but limited access to them to people
sixty-five and older, and those with certain prexisting conditions
that put them at risk of severe illness. In mid-September, a C.D.C.
advisory committee will meet and is expected to make a recommendation
on who should be able to get the shots.

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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C. Secretary Kennedy Is Endangering Every
American's Health
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Agency leaders sound the alarm.

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Here's what it really means for Trump to get control of the Federal
Reserve board
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Since taking office in January, Trump has placed the Fed directly in
the crosshairs of executive power.

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The rise of the AI influencer - FT [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=228891&nl=daily]
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In an eight second TikTok video, American university student Tinsley
sobs, red-eyed, and tells viewers the sorority house she hoped to join
had rejected her.

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